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School: Glenidan (roll number 12862)

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Glenidan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhaoldhia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0722, Page 094

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0722, Page 094

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    About fifteen years ago there were a lot of old witches in this district. They used to play a lot tricks on the people. If they wanted to do harm to the people they could do it without any difficulty. The witches were generally in the form of women but around Ballifore there was one in the form of a hare. One of the witches about here had the bones of a jet black on which there was not a stream of white. With theses she could do whatever she liked. Anyone that would give her some new milk she could take the butter off it. Another of them would go out on May morning at sunrise and pull herbs out of the ground. She would have these the whole year round. If anyone interfered with her she could strike them with a sudden sickness. No doctor or specialist would be able to know what would be on them
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Fitzsimons
    Gender
    Female